Four poetry collections have made the shortlist for the fiction category of the Portico Prize for Literature in a "surprise outcome." The prize is biennially awarded to the highest quality books set wholly or mainly in the North of England. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2015-10-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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When poetry pays...U.S. poet Brenda Hillman and Canadian Anne Carson each receive $65,000 Griffin Poetry Prize. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Company hit by launch of Stylist in France and investment in fashion website Never UnderdressedMagazine publisher ShortList Media has reported a loss of almost £1m in its most recent annual accounts after being hit by the tough launch of Stylist in France and investing in fashion site Never... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-06-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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European libraries are allowed to digitize books without the consent of the rights holder, the senior advisor to Europe’s top court said Thursday.The European Copyright Directive does not prevent the digitization of books in a library’s collection if those books are made accessible to the public... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2014-06-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Europeans can continue browsing the Web without fear of breaking copyright law, Europe’s top court has determined in a landmark ruling. The legality of this common practice came into question in Europe as a result of a years-long tussle involving U.K. newspaper publishers, a public relations... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2014-06-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Titles from Bloomsbury, Atlantic Books and Serpent’s Tail have all made it on to the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-06-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The biggest players in the online publishing space converged in Barcelona this week to discuss the wholesale transformation of the industry into a digital and multiplatform phenomenon. We asked a handful of them one simple question: What's next for native advertising? The post Where top... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2014-06-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Winnie the Pooh is named as the best-loved children's book of the last 150 years, with the most contemporary publication in the list, The Gruffalo, coming fifth. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2014-06-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Living Language has partnered with HBO Global Licensing to offer a course in Dothraki, a language from George R.R. Martin's popular series. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This year is set to be a strong one for children’s non-fiction, with retailers reporting... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-06-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ruth Reichl joins the wildly popular novelists Jodi Picoult and Kathy Reichs on a panel about bestsellers. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Dan Brown's Inferno is number one for the third week in a row in the Official UK Top 50 this... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-05-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Crystal’s 'Still Foolin’ ‘Em' won the award for Audiobook of the Year and Pete Seeger’s 'Pete Seeger: The Storm King' took home the prize for Distinguished Achievement in Production. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Emily Giffin's latest novel, "The One & Only," released May 20, debuted at #3 on Apple's iBooks bestseller list. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Eimear McBride's A Girl is a Half-formed Thing is one of the three debut novels, all from... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-05-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Iraqi writer Hassan Blasim has won the 2014 Independent Foreign Fiction Prize for his second... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-05-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Joanne Harris says the book industry is sexist. Why else are there categories for 'women writers' and no equivalents for writers who happen to be men?This is the year of reading women, people, remember? We're all reading female writers and helping address the literary gender imbalance which is... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Dan Brown's mass market paperback for his latest thriller, Inferno (Corgi), debuts at number... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-05-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Blackwell’s has been crowned Book Retailer of the Year while Little, Brown scooped the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-05-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Parthian Books, Faber and Jonathan Cape all have English-language titles in the shortlist for the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-05-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Nosy Crow’s Open Very Carefully, winner of the Waterstones best picture book prize this... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-05-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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